Post * DQeRe — Curious Curator

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TIL that the first movie to have surround sound was from 1940; Walt Disney's Fantasia. Some versions of 'Fantasound' called for 52 speakers.

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W765d TIL that a lot of printers add nearly invisible yellow dots that can be used to track down where a printed file came from. MIC was originally created to prevent the use of laser printers to create counterfeit money.

8e6jV TIL that a 12 year old boy enlisted to fight in WWI after lying about his age and fought in the Battle of the Somme at 13 before his mother revealed his true age and brought him home.

wo5mW TIL North Americans have completely different definitions of frown than the rest of the world. For most of the world it's an expression done with the eyebrows, not the mouth.

v1kBK TIL: In Poland in 2010, a 90-ton WWII-era locomotive was propped-up vertically as a memorial sculpture. Artist Andrzej Jarodski titled it "Pociąg do Nieba" --The Train to Heaven.

BDEW TIL the last Emperor of Brazil Pedro II became ruler aged 5. He had a grim, lonely childhood studying for duty. He won 3 wars, turned Brazil into a global power & abolished slavery. After 58 years he grew weary, accepting a military coup. He lived his last days alone in Europe on very little money.